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<h1>Alarms &amp; Conditions Client Overview</h1>
<p>This application is purpose-built for demonstrating OPC UA Alarms &amp; 
 Conditions within a client.</p>
<h2>User Interface</h2>
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<h2>Screen Elements</h2>
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		<td style="vertical-align: Top;"><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Menus</span></p></td>
		<td style="vertical-align: Top;"><ul type="disc">
			<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">File</span></p></li>
			<ul type="disc">
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Exit:</span> Quit 
				 the application</p></li>
			</ul>
			<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Server</span>:</p></li>
			<ul type="disc">
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discover</span>: 
				 See <a href="UaGenericClientDiscovery.htm">UA Discovery</a>.</p></li>
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Connect</span>: 
				 connect to the currently displayed endpoint.</p></li>
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Disconnect</span>: 
				 disconnect from a connected server.</p></li>
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			<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Conditions</span>:</p></li>
			<ul type="disc">
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">View</span>: See 
				 <a href="#View_Event_Details">View Event Details</a> (below)</p></li>
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Refresh</span>: 
				 Refreshes the current display.</p></li>
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Set Area Filter</span>: 
				 See <a href="#View_Event_Details">View Event Details</a> 
				 (below).</p></li>
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Condition Type</span>: 
				 a filter option for specific types of condition. Options 
				 include: [<span style="font-style: italic;">All/Dialogs/Alarms/Limit 
				 Alarms/Discrete Alarms</span>]</p></li>
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Minimum Severity</span>: 
				 a filter option for specific levels of severity. Options 
				 include: [<span style="font-style: italic;">All/Low/Medium/High</span>]</p></li>
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Enable</span>: 
				 Not implemented.</p></li>
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Disable</span>: 
				 Not implemented.</p></li>
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Add Comment</span>: 
				 See <a href="#Add_Comments">Add Comment</a> (below).</p></li>
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Acknowledge</span>: 
				 Acknowledges an alarm, and also requests a comment (see 
				 <a href="#Add_Comments">Add Comment</a> below).</p></li>
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Confirm</span>: 
				 Confirms an alarm (see <a href="#Add_Comments">Add Comment</a> 
				 below).</p></li>
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Respond</span>: 
				 See <a href="#Responding_to_an_Alarm">Responding to an 
				 Alarm</a> (below).</p></li>
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shelving</span>: 
				 Provides options for the shelving of alarms. Options include: 
				 [<span style="font-style: italic;">Un-shelve/Manually 
				 Shelve/One-shot Shelve/Timed Shelve</span>]</p></li>
			</ul>
			<li><p style="font-weight: bold;">View<span style="font-weight: normal;">:</span></p></li>
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				<li><p style="font-weight: bold;">Audit Events<span style="font-weight: normal;">: 
				 See <a href="#Audit_Events">Audit Events</a> (below).</span></p></li>
			</ul>
			<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Help</span>: </p></li>
			<ul type="disc">
				<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Contents</span>: 
				 Opens this help documentation.</p></li>
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		<td style="vertical-align: Top;"><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Banner</span></p></td>
		<td style="vertical-align: Top;"><p>Shows the OPC Foundation logo 
		 and a [clickable] link to the website, shows the application name 
		 in large text, and shows the Certification logo with a link for 
		 more information online.</p></td>
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		<td style="vertical-align: Top;"><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Endpoint 
		 Bar</span> (below banner)</p></td>
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		<p>There are 3 key areas in the endpoint bar: </p>
		<ul type="disc">
			<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Endpoint Url</span><span>: 
			 the endpoint URL (of a Server) to connect to.</span></p></li>
			<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Use Security</span><span>: 
			 (checkbox) if checked will use a secure session, if unchecked 
			 then will use a raw/insecure session.</span></p></li>
			<li><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Connect button</span><span>:</span> 
			 clicking this will attempt to connect to the specified endpoint.</p></li>
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		<td style="vertical-align: Top;"><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alarm 
		 Notifications</span> (bottom)</p></td>
		<td style="vertical-align: Top;"><p>A simple log output of alarms 
		 received by the client: </p>
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<h3><a name="View_Event_Details"></a>View Event Details</h3>
<p>The &quot;event details&quot; window is a read-only display showing 
 the details of the currently selected alarm.</p>
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<h3><a name="Set_Area_Filter"></a>Set Area Filter</h3>
<p>The &quot;select area&quot; dialog allows you to specify a [spatial] 
 area as a filter criteria, useful for consuming alarms for a specific 
 location within the plant etc.</p>
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<h3><a name="Add_Comments"></a>Add Comments</h3>
<p>You can add comments to an alarm using this simple dialog: </p>
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<h3><a name="Responding_to_an_Alarm"></a>Responding to an Alarm</h3>
<p>Alarms need to be acted upon. You can <span style="font-style: italic;">respond</span><span> 
 to an alarm and specify the current state of the situation from this dialog: 
 </span></p>
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<h3><a name="Audit_Events"></a>Audit Events</h3>
<p>The &quot;audit events&quot; dialog will show audit events as generated 
 by the server.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note</span>: None of the menu items 
 are implemented.</p>
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